Nontipping ink bottle holder



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NONTIPPING INK BDTTLE HOLDER Filed Oct. 29, 1945 \NVENTOR STANLEY C. GRUNEWALD ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 28, 1950 NITED STATES PATENT OFF ICE.

NONTIPPING INK BOTTLE HOLDER Stanley C. Grunewald, Boston, Mass. AppIication-Octoher ZB, 1945, SerialNo. 625,420 a Glaims." (01. 12043) (Granted under. the act of March. 3,v 1 883. as

amended April 30, 1928;v 370 0. G. 757) My. invention relates to a non-tipping bottle holder. It has to do more particularly witha bottle holder which is especially useful for holding an ink bottle and preventing tipping thereof duringruse of the ink. There'have been various bottle. holders provided in the'past. for useinpreventing tipping of ink bottlesbeing used bydraftsmen or the like. These. devices have usually been of a complicated and co'stl'y'n'ature'.

The object of this invention is to provide a very simple. inexpensive. but very efiicienti device for holding a bottle to prevent tipping thereof.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a bottle holder made according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the device in Fig. 1 and showing it in use to hold a bottle.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a form of my device which is particularly useful with square bottles.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a form of my device which is particularly useful with hexagonal bottles.

According to my invention I provide a bottle holder which comprises a base formed of sheet material such as cardboard or other inexpensive material. In Fig. 1 I shown a base I which is of circular outline but which may be of other outlines as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The base is in the form of a card that is completely fiat and is provided with a series of weakened lines 2 extending radially from a center 3 to a point 4 and which will preferably be approximately equal to the radius of the bottle to be held by my device. The weakened lines 2 may be in the form of actual slits in the sheet material, perforated lines, scored lines or lines otherwise weakened to facilitate insertion of the upper end of the bottle through the base. Thus a plurality of tabs 5 are formed and these tabs are of V outline. Superimposed on the tabs at a point spaced from the center 3 is a band 6. This band is of such diameter that it is also spaced inwardly from the outermost ends 4 of the slits 2 or, in other words, it is of less diameter than the diameter of the bottle to be inserted in my device. The band 6 may be of suitable resilient material, such as rubber, and is of flat cross-section so that it will lie fiat against the tabs 5. It is secured to at least two of the tabs at diametrically opposed points, for example, by staples 1. However, it may be glued or otherwise secured to the tabs.

It will be apparent from Fig. 2 that the upper end of the bottle may be forced into contact with the base I approximately at the center thereof and this will force the tabs 5 upwardly. As the tabs 2 areforced upwardly the bottle" will. be: inserted further into. the base. and. the tabs will; be: grad.- ually' pressed outwardly and upwardly into. the position. shown in Fig. 2. Simultaneously; the band 6 will be stretched and will be moved into position shown in Fig. 2, so that it will cause the tabs fito firmly grip the'sideof the bottle; Inasmuch as the: band" 6 has a washer-like shape, the internal portion. thereof is stretched a greater amount; than the. externalportion with theresult that there is; a greater stress: in theupperredge of the band; than at the lower" edge. Thiszfea+ ture is of particular advantage since, in the. re:- gion of the upper edge of the band, because of the triangular shape of the tabs, there is a relatively small area of the tab contacting the bottle, whereas, in the region of the lower edge of the band, considerable area of the tab is in contact with the bottle, the resilience of the material aiding firmly to hold the bottle in that region. The increased stress on the upper edgeof the band is accordingly effective to give a substantially equal holding effect to the pointed upper ends of the tabs. Thereafter, the bottle will be prevented from tipping by the large base I.

In Fig. 3 I show an arrangement of tabs 5a which is such that the device will receive and grip a square bottle. The outermost ends of the tabs may be joined to the main part of the base Ia at the lines 8 which may be scored or otherwise weakened to facilitate bending of the tabs.

In Fig. 4 I show a similar arrangement except that the tabs 5b are of such shape and so arranged that the device is particularly useful on hexagonal bottles.

The tabs may be further modified to fit bottles of other cross-section shapes.

It will be apparent that I have provided a very simple, very inexpensive yet very effective device for holding bottles to prevent tipping thereof.

The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes Without the payment of any royalty thereon or therefor.

Havin described the invention what is claimed as novelv and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A bottle holder for preventing tipping of a bottle, comprising a base formed of sheet material, said sheet material having a plurality of weakened lines extendin radially from a center a distance substantially equal to the radius of the bottle to provide a plurality of triangular shaped tabs, and a flat washer-like rubber band whose internal and external diameters are both less than the diameter of the bottle, said band being mounted on said base concentrically with said center and fastened to at least two diametrically oppositely disposed tabs, said base being adapted to receive a bottle at the center thereof to force the material upwardly without injuring said fastening to provide a plurality of upstanding tabs which engage the side of the bottle, and which are held in gripping contact therewith by said hand.

2. A bottle holder for preventing tipping of a bottle comprising, a base formed of sheet mate- 7 rial, said sheet material having a plurality of weakened lines extending from a center to provide a plurality of substantially triangular shaped with said center and fastened to at least two diametrically oppositely disposed tabs, said fastenings being within the areas of the respective tabs, said base being adapted to receive a bottle at the center thereof to force the material upwardly without injury to said fastenings to provide a plurality of upstanding tabs which engage the sides of the bottle and which are held in gripping contact therewith by said band, the stress at the upper edge of said band being greater than at the lower edge thereof whereby the pointed ends of said tabs hold the bottle with substantially the same force as do the wider portions of the tabs engaged by the lower edge of the band.

3. A bottle holder for preventing tipping of a rectangular shaped bottle comprising, a base formed of sheet material having a, pair of intersecting weakened lines corresponding to the diagonals of the area of the bottle to provide four triangular shaped tabs, and a flat washer-like rubber band, said band being mounted on said base concentrically with the point of intersection of said lines and fastened to at least two oppositely disposed tabs, said fastenings being within the areas of the respective tabs, said base being adapted to receive a bottle at the center thereof -to force the material upwardly without injuring said fastening to provide four upstanding tabs which engage the sides of the bottle, and which are held in gripping contact therewith by said band.

STANLEY C. GRUNEWALD.

REFERENCES CITED The? following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 558,433 Stoddard Apr. 14, 1896 1,026,780 Asheim May 21, 1912 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 20,275 Great Britain 1909 

